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The identification of residents capable of accurately describing daily care
— implications for evaluating nursing home care quality | | Author(s) | Sandra F Simmons, John F Schnelle |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 41, no 5, October 2001 |
| Pages | pp 605-611 |
| Keywords | Residents [care homes] ; Incontinence ; Self care capacity ; Nursing homes ; Management [care] ; Quality ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A method is described for identifying incontinent nursing home residents capable of providing accurate interview information about daily nursing home care. In 177 incontinent residents from four nursing homes, selected Minimum Data Set (MDS) ratings were compared with two standardised, performance-based, cognitive screening instruments to predict which residents could accurately answer questions concerning receipt of daily incontinence and mobility care practices. MDS ratings of activity of daily living (ADL) performance and cognition significantly predicted residents' ability to accurately describe daily care practices. Performance-based measures of cognitive functioning did not outperform the MDS ratings. Selecting residents who scored two or more on four orientation items comprising the MSD Recall subscale identified residents capable of accurately describing daily care practices with a sensitivity of 64% and a specificity of 75%. These MDS-based criteria thus provide a promising, objective method for this type of evaluation. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011129211 A |
| Classmark | KX: CTM: CA: LHB: QA: 59: 4C: 7T |
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